Gilbert stood before the king and about three officials including Beatrice father. He kept his head bowed down as the accusations was being layed on him, well not that it wasn't but still .
" Gilbert do you accept the crimes they claim you have committed." Philip asked lazily, hell he had better things to do.
" Crimes?" Gilbert said trying to feign ignorance.
" Yes your crimes, where is the servant that claim that he saw you disposing the body in the path close to the oleander flowers." King Philip called and the servant came and stand beside Gilbert.
Gilbert cursed , someone saw him after all he was toast, he hoped the prince would come soon.
" I...I saw him dropping an unconscious body on the path that leads to poisoned oleander Flowers, so after he left I went there and saw a pretty lady, she seemed fine so I just took her to the hospital and they discovered that she was Duke Cedric Ridrick daughter." He explained but he was secretly smirking. The truth was he wanted to put Gilbert in trouble because he had been jealous of him, because he had been serving prince Damian direct so he was kinda above most servants. This had pained him greatly because when the real princes were around he had been in charge.
Gilbert saw the look on the stupid servants face and sighed. He was getting sick of falling into lower servants traps, it wasn't his fault he was assigned to the damned prince.
" So Gilbert do you plead guilty?" Philip looked at him wondering what he would say
" Your majesty, Lord Ridrick, I was only running an errand." He said causing everyone to pause they hadn't expected him to say that. He remembered prince Damian words that day' anyone ask say your running an errand for me.'
" For who?" King Philip asked. Ridrick was already boiling, how dare a servant say a thing like that
" Prince Damian." He replied
" My king I demand that this little insect be thrown in to the scarzed waters immediately." Ridrick fumed.
Gilbert looked at him, what the hell he was trying to indirectly kill him, scarzed waters my ass. Where was Prince Damian, what if he decided to abandon him? Oh Lord please let him come touch his cold heart and let him come save him.
" It's only right that you take the prince punishment isn't it." King Philip asked
Gilbert blinked back the tears that was about to come out of his eyes. He was finished the king wanted him a mere servant to take responsibility
" Yes my king." He said
" Ridrick what punishment do you want him to face?" Philip turned to Ridrick
" I want him to burn for what he did." Ridrick stated
Gilbert looked at him in horror, what happened to scarzed waters?
" And what gave you the right to burn what is mine without writing a petition to me first." Everyone turned to the cold chilling voice that echoed in the hall
Gilbert knees weak with relief when he saw prince Damian walking into the Hall. He would be given a lighter punishment for sure
Dylan eyes locked with the man that suggest that his servant burns for abandoning his daughter on the road side
" Prince Damian, you've heard the of the crime your servant committed." Philip said looking at him . What was he going to do today
" What crime?" Dylan asked quietly shifting his gaze to the king.
" I'm tired of repeating myself, why did you send Gilbert to drop off Lord Ridrick daughter on the oleander flowers path?" He asked
" Beatrice? Is it that the name of the whore that tried to seduce me right before my marriage." Dylan asked causing Ridrick to gasped
" Prince Damian, why would you say such a thing about my daughter. Besides you were the one who was always going to her to f**k." Ridrick brusted out
" Lord Ridrick, language." Philip said
" And what does that justify? She must have an ambition to be an adultress. I do not see any other reason why she tried to seduce me that night." Dylan spat
" And it doesn't change the fact that a mere servant...
" I was the one who sent him, so I'm gonna ask are you really going to punish me for what I did?" Dylan eyes sliced through Lord Ridrick causing Philip to arch a brow at him.
" Your servant will pay for your crime that is the law here " Ridrick stated
" So I committed a crime." Dylan said and smirked." Is your whore of a daughter still alive?" He asked. Lord Ridrick tighten his fists but he answered
" She is alive and well."
" So what crime did I commit?" He asked shocking everyone including the king
" Damian? You told your servant to abandon her body in the path close to the oleander flowers." King Philip said as a matter of fact
" I actually told him to dispose of her body, abandoned sounds like I care. And did you ask me how she came about to become unconscious?" Dylan asked causing Lord Ridrick to blink
" How?" He asked numbly
" One would think you were a fighter for justice, you just wanted to flaunt your nobly powers over servants. She just fainted, I think your daughter's sick you should take her to the hospital rather than wasting time here." That statement left everyone speechless. What did he just say? She just fainted
" That's absurd, I already gave her a check up and she's perfectly alright." Ridrick manage to say
" And you wanted to burn my servant despite knowing that." Dylan said more to himself, then he looked back at Ridrick. " She fainted though, you weren't there." Dylan maintained
" My king, he's talking... he's talking.... That can't be possible the healer told me she was alright." Ridrick tried to persuade the king.
" What are you trying to say, are you accusing me of knocking your daughter unconscious?" Dylan's words left Lord Ridrick suddenly speechless once after
" But ....the doctor sa...."
" Or are you implying that I am lying?" The man helplessly looked at Dylan not knowing what to say anymore. The king bit back a smirked dear lord was the kid growing on him.
" But your servant did drop her unconscious body in the path close to the oleanders , what do you make of that looks like a clean getaway don't you think." Philip said the case suddenly got interesting
" Who was the person who testify seeing Gilbert dropping her off there?" As soon as Dylan asked that question. The servant who was suddenly somehow posed as the culprit was sweating very much, he wished that he was invincible.
But his wish didn't come to pass as all eyes turned to him. Dylan eyed him making him flinch
" You saw Gilbert dropping the body there?" Dylan asked. The servant swallowed hard not wanting to answer the question he could only nod.
That was it he was done for